The work flow of using github

This post is a reference about how to contribute to others’ github projects:

(1) Fork the project into your account:

(2) Clone your project, and enter the directory:

$ git clone https://github.com/<username>/project.git
$ cd project

Set the upstream:

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/<upstream>/project.git
$ git remote set-url --push upstream no-pushing

(3) Synchronize the upstream and origin branch timely:

$ git pull upstream master

(4) If you want to submit “Pull Request”, create a new branch based on master and develop in this branch:

$ git checkout master
$ git checkout -b patch-1
$ vi README.md
$ git commit -a -m "Edited README"
$ git push origin patch-1

(5) Then you can send “Pull Request” to upstream: